Re: st: encode

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Artur Kyral (CMA) wrote:
> I was wondering if there is either a base or a user-defined command or an
> option similar to command encode that creates numeric variables with data
> values initiating at 0 instead of 1?
I see no need for a new command. You can just subtract 1 from the new variable.
encode var, gen(newvar)
replace newvar = var - 1
This will cause you trouble with the value labels. Probably the
quickest way of fixing these is -labmask- available from SSC.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Universitaet Tuebingen
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72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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